Friday, August 13, 2010

Snake Handling: Four approaches

A week ago I posted this photo of Ranger Holly cooly, and professionally relocating a black rat snake from the Visitor Center back to the great outdoors:




Not to be outdone, her colleagues used todays opportune visit by a second, larger black snake to demonstrate their techniques for dealing with our reptilian friends.



Ranger Maura assumes an Edvard Munch posture:




Ranger John recalls big-game hunter and writer Robert Ruark,



Ranger Alann, always amused by animals, springs into Robert Capa mode:



It's always something, at your National Park.




Enjoy your parks,

Mannie

1 comment:

Andy Hall said...

That looks more like an ex-snake. Perhaps it's just pining for the fjords.